Online Dating Excuses, Excuses: "I'd rather meet someone the old fashioned way."

Whenever I talk to people about what I do for a living, they immediately have one of two reactions. The first type of person thinks that being an online dating profile writer and coach is the Coolest Thing Ever (TM). The second type of person bemoans the downfall of society and says that we'd all be better off if people just met and matched the old fashioned way.

This post is for that second group of people, the ones who think that online dating is for losers who can't meet people in real life. People who think that they'd rather wait 10 years to bump into the perfect guy or gal because that's just "how it's supposed to be done." People who are certain their soulmate is destined to find them, eventually.

Meeting people the old-fashioned way usually happens one of three ways:
* Through family, friends or coworkers
* Matchmaking service
* At church or other social circles

But what happens once you've exhausted those options? Do you turn to new-fashioned things like speed dating, social networking, or (gasp) online dating?

Here's a good checklist to see whether it's time to give up your old fashioned dream and embrace the future:
* Have you already met all the people you can through your family, friends, or coworkers?
* Have you already met (and perhaps dated) the people in your church or other social group?
* Are you frustrated because you just haven't met anyone new lately?
* Is your life pretty much work, home, sleep, work, home, sleep?
* Are you wondering just WHO is out there?

If you've answered "YES!" to even one of these questions, you may want to give online dating a shot. DatingSitesReviews has comprehensive reviews of all the online dating sites just to the left in the blue sidebar. Do some research, choose a site, write your profile, and start meeting people. New people, great people, perhaps even the very one person you've been destined to meet all along.